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You could possibly also control the Robo Tx interface using the GPIO pins on the Raspberry pi. Maybe it would be possible to hook the GPIO output pins to the I1-8 or C1-4 inputs on the Robo TX. Then you could just use a Robo pro program which you upload to your controller to detect the inputs and co...

I wasn't able to get any direct control working yet. I currently only have an apple iPhone to do testing on and apple doesn't give developers many options when it comes to bluetooth connectivity. What my solution currently does is:

Smartphone<--(wifi)-->computer<--(bluetooth/usb)-->Robo TX

@uMueller:
I have a question for you. Are the umfish libraries open source? Since there are allot of people using them I'd be interested in updating them to work with newer interface software and hardware.

Perhaps this is what you're looking for http://www.justinszanto.com/ftcontroller. This is my open source application for controlling fischertechnik models using the iPhone's accelerometer/gyroscope. When I have time to update it I'm going to make it return raw sensor readings instead of commands so ...

I'm probably going to build a GUI for it which will generate an xml configuration file, making it easier to set motor configurations. This will also not allow users to make mistakes I think.

Thanks for your feedback on my code, I might not have understood the german FtMscLib API manual so well as I only took 3 years of german in high school. I'll try to fix the issues you mentioned and make sure the outputs are controlled the right way.

@vleeuwen the ftController webserver is a simple secure lightweight webserver, I see setup problems ahead if it's going to depend on like microsoft IIS, as far as I know it only is included in professional or ultimate editions of windows. Setting up that IIS server and making sure it only is running...

1) I haven't noticed any problems with this, the commands arrive and are executed with almost no delay at all. 2) -for the security, the webserver runs on your local wifi network, as long as you password protect your wifi network, I don't think you have to worry about unauthorized access to your rob...

it is possible to control the robo tx controller using the iphone/ipad/ipod touch with my application called ftController (http://justinszanto.com/ftcontroller) http://youtu.be/9I6dy1hK9vE

For the programmers, I just uploaded the ftServer source code to my website http://justinszanto.com/ftcontroller/, this will allow you to edit it to fit more advanced needs.

The cable you see in the video is a power cable, the robot is connected with the computer using bluetooth. I just didn't have a charged battery at hand when making the video.

Say hello to ftController, my sollution to controlling fischertechnik robots using your smartphone or tablet. Using the iOS or android ftController app in combination with my windows application you can control your fischertechnik robots by tilting your device in the direction you want your robot to...

I'm looking for two people who could test this software for me to make sure it works well on other systems too. If anyone's interested please send me a pm.

I'm planning on releasing this: http://forum.ftcommunity.de/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1156 as an open-source project in 1-2 weeks

I'll be open sourcing all the software I wrote pretty soon.

Yes, I managed to hook my program onto Robo pro, using a couple windows APIs to send it messages, simulating button presses. This isn't the perfect sollution yet, but it seems to work pretty well. Here's a small demo: http://youtu.be/vuiZ4zEf_m0

@ft-ninja, wow great job, I see you managed to make a direct connection from your handy to the robot. Pretty soon I won't need to bring my computer to exhibitions anymore. I've been trying to do something like this with the iPhone, but I think I probably have to gain some more knowledge about Blueto...

I'm currently using the old FtMscLib for TX-C firmware 1.18, did allot change in version 1.24?

I was wondering, what is the real advantage of using MS-RDS instead of just calling the functions from the ftscmlib dll?

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try out some stuff in MS-RDS. I just have one question though, can I easily distribute something made in MS-RD, will the end-user need to install any dependencies to use my application?